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: . - — j lock which asmumed to represent her in tho rebel Oon- | VIRGINIA. Tho Virginians Looking After heir Representation in the Next Session of Congress. EXTRA BILLY SMITH AMONG THEM. The Loyal Legislature in Consultation With Governor Pierpoint. THE STATUS OF THE NEGROES, &., &., &e. Our Richmond Correspondence. Ricamonp, Va, June 14, 1865. ‘FUE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF VIRGINIA. According to the census of 1860, Virginia, I believe, ‘will be entitled to but eight or nine representatives in ‘the lower House of Congress. Before an election can be Ihad the State must be redistricted in accordance with the oxhibite of the last consus; and, inasmuch as this as tobe done by the Legislature, and that body has Pet to be elocted, little timo will be left within which to ‘lect members of Congress. Whatever may be said to ‘Whe contrary by the apologists of those in power, the Eee reconstruction in Virginia is too slow for the nts of the public interests, A gentleman from @outhwestern Virginia informed me yesterday that ‘Wings are in a deplorable condition throughout his sec- Wen. They are without courts or the means of organiz- fag thom. The provision in the Alexandria constitution, ‘which disqualifies from voting all persons who in any ‘way sided or abetted the late rebellion so universally applies as to make it impossible for the people even to lect a county court clerk. And yet no step seems to {ee taken to remedy this defect, which is the first great bstaclo to a proper organization of the State government. ‘Af a convention is necessary to romove this obstacle, why. mot call it at once? If not, why not proclaim this con- @titution as worthless and proceed to act without regard te it. The people are growing weary of this delay, which Wundonbdtedly unnecessary. It is said that Governor Wlerpoint means to ignore this Alexandria constitution ‘@itogether. Ifo there is no obstacle to the holding of elections at once, wh iob is an indispensable pre-requisite ‘ef a proper organization. His course, it would seem, is perfectly plain. He has but to apply the test of President ‘Bobnson’s amnesty proclamation to parties claiming to ‘Vote, and let the disability le only in regard to those who ‘ere excepted from the amnesty. No plainer principle ean be adopted, and none which will better serve the im- {mediate interests of the State, which are how needlessly @ncrificed by the want of prompt and energetic action. * CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS. T understand that Mr. Daniel H. Hoge, of Montgomery @eunty, will bo a candidate for Congress from the @outhwestern district, which, under the new arrange- ment, will nearly comprise the districts formerly repre- ented by Henry A. Edmondson and Fayette McMullen. Mr. Hoge bas always being a strong Union man anda eonsistent wpponent of the late war from its inception. ‘Weis a man of fine abilities, and very popular in the pection of country where he resides, He wasadele- gate tothe Charleston Convention, andj one of the fow from Virginia who adhered pertinaciously to the for- fanes of Douglas. His election is regarded as pretty eertain. A. Judson Crane, a prominent lawyer of this city, in- fends, it is aid, to offer himself as a candidate for this @istrict. Mr. Crane is a gentleman of fine literary attain- ments and an orator of undoubted merit. He has been always a strong whig’ and the choice advocate of his party in this district whenever the services of an able Gebater were needed in past party contests, He has always been a Union man and a warm friend of John Minor Botts. If party issues are made in thiselgetion, ‘the democrats will find it dificult, in view of the number of prominent men connected with that party, who come ‘wader the ban of disqualification, to procure a candidate ‘who will venture to take the stump in opposition to Mr. rane. Mr. William F. Gordon, Jr., of Charlottesvillo, son of the late General Gordon, who was the reputed author of tthe Sub-Treasury bill, will be a candidate for the Albe- Maric district. Mr. Gordon has for some years been @lerk of the Virginia House of Delegates; but inasmuch ae his duties were merely of an executive character, the Sdea obtains that no disqualification will apply in his sees. Some four or five months anterior to the fall of hmond he advocated peace on the basis of reconatruc- Hon, and was, I belteve, a candidate on that principle for fhe heat in the rebel Concress made vacant by the resig- gation of the Hon. William C. Rives. He is beyond be the ablest man in that district, and I am satiated @ most popular. Noman is more ‘true to the Union, ang no man will more strenuously and ably support it. + The Hon. John . Barris, of Rockingham, who repre- eahted the Tenth Legion district in the United States + for the term, Immodiataly preceding the seces- rae 1, I understan ain in the fiold n of Virgin, + however, Inclicible, If service that district, 1 "selon ot the Vi fs ‘representative in ‘the Iasv qr. 8 OF the, tir inia Legislature can go render hint. His Vplon oclivities during the war were proverbial, and perhaps ‘at may neutralize the disqual fying forve of his service this latter capacity. He was always & Copstatang uuglag man and a thorough Union advocate, His chiles merit consists in his adroitnces in electioncering. Kind ‘words for the women and candies for tho children have ved for him tue great levers of power and influence in is former canpaigning tours, They will be peculiarly acceptable in the coming elections, when both aro likely to be go scarce in view of the limited supply of money aflvat. Joseph Segar will again offer himself for the Norfolk district, and a moro oflicient or an abler representative Shey couid not have. Extra Billy Smith, it is said, will apply for a special ion to the President, and being duly purged will oy be in the field for the Alexandria district, "Before he leaves hore, howevor, ho will probably have to ac: @ount for some valuables belonging to the State, which, Mis said, mysteriously dis red from the executive mansion on the occasion of y's unceremonious exit en the night of the 2d of April. Thore is rather @ strange coincidence observablo in the mysterious Gisappearance from the executive mansion of the mst valuable portions of the furniture with the close of cach of his administrative terms. When he was formerly Governor he left the house almost entirely bare of the luable furniture, ware, &., which the State supplied his accommodation. ‘he fellow should be made to Giegorge the plunder now that he is safe in the hands of the military authorities, and he should, morcover, be Aaught to respect the rights of others and keep his hands off what does not belong to him. It is a subject of gone- fal remark here that this man, who exhibited more zoal fn behalf of the robel cavae than even Jeff. Davis him- @eif, and entailed more suffering upon poor families by iis tyrannical enforcement of a State Conscript law than ‘ny balf dozen Governors in the South, should now be itted to go at large, while Governor Letcher, who tinued a thorough Union man as long as was consis t with his own personal safety, and never while in committed 4 act of tyranny or oppression, is pt in solitary confinement. If any man in the South ves puniahment Extra Billy does. The course of co in his regard is certainly censurable, we reflect how’ peculiarly zealous he was the work ef conscription. [t is to be at least that he will never be remitted to his former peeition of eligibility. If he does, the public will grieve ly over the event, for they were congratulating them- elves upon the riddance of so great an incubus, and tho ermoval from the political arena of a demagogue whose epee demoralizing the public men of tho ‘TRE INDICTMENTS AT NORFOLK, The action of the United states District Court at Nor. folk in indicting parties still under parole, by virtue of the terms of Lee's surrender, ie exciting considerable gwarprine hore. name of James Lyons, of this city, ‘Spear amon the parties indicted: but upon what ground Proceeding is instituted against him fs not known, it is Chat he served aterm in the rebel Congress. ie hi yuld be chosen out of the host of gentlemen in Eastern Virginia who served in the same eapacity. The action of that court has no other effect hhere than to excite derision and distrust of the dispo- sition of the government to execute the laws in anytbi Nike a spirit of mercy. WHAT MEMBERS OF TUA REDKL CoNGREM THINK OF THER OONDITION. : The membors of the late rebel Congress, so far as @an ascertain, regard themselves as entirely beyond the Poa of preferment for any position of public trust in the —, They have no and = i con 744 ne ani enough, they realize, for Beis es ay wl ‘much ‘better off in their newly allotted sphere of peaceful seclusion. of ehange in their condition; for they prid ‘the conviction that a bright ora of prosperity and high omer distinction was dawning upon them, an te: orkod zealously to establish thelr olaims to high po ‘ tions under the new dispensations. Russell, of ny who made himself the ‘of Jott. Davie fi pe edban neem Ty jal mt to some Bominen, of Loulsiapa, Davis’ rgan int the Bonate, re- oa 2 the mission to Rome as cer- question. There was scarcely & in @ther house who did not look forward more or eertainty to some place of importance, The Kentuck- fis bad an athe pation oerog the Dot prot pole for sonny more of the Ma had better lock her treasury door carclully. Ricuwom, Va, June 16—A. ‘WHE CORSULEATION OF GOVERNOR FIERFOINT WITH HIS LBUIS- LawoRg, The announcement that the Legislature of Virginia (loyal) had deem convened py his Excellency Governor Pierpoint, and would meet yesterday in this city, was, as Jknew, wholly premature; and it was not to be won- dered at that the masses of the people here were amaxd when they saw in one of the morning prints that the con- stitutional Solons of the Old Dominion would be secretly ‘engaged in their legislative duties during the day. See- ing the statement in a publio sheet the people of course believed it to be true, and at least hoped that they might De vouchsafed the excitement incident to a session. It goon however, that Governor Pierpoint, earn- estly desirous of extending the suffrage, which, under the Alexandria constitution, is now very limited in this State, bad invited the presence of the members of the Legislature at the capital merely for the purposes of consultation. Im order to the meeting of the Legislature a proclamation from the Gov- ernor authorizing their assembling would be necessary, and when they came together a message, sub- mitting the reasons for the convention, should be sent to the houses, The esgential preliminary—a proclama- tion—had not met the public eye, and it is safe to say that at this writing the lawgivers of Virginia have not met in the official discharge of their duties. Last evening the gentlemen composing the State Con- met at the tive Mansion and listened at ngth to the Governor's views concerning the proposed enlargement of the suffrage and the necessarily conse- quent of the test oath in the Alexandria con- stution. By that oath avast majority of the people of Virginia who may have in anywisc participated in the Iate rebellion have no part or lot in the issue of the restoring of the State to its former position in the circle of States. The Governor is understood Vee eat he can safely a on ne loyal een for support, good and true, in bringing her to her ancient fealty. After a prolonged interview last evening, in which the Governor and his constitutional advisers alone submitted their views, the members of the Legislature withdrew, with a view of presenting their oploion to his Excellency this morning. Upon the result this meeting will hinge the convening of the Legisla- ture. It is now more probable that the Governor will issue his proclamation calling the Legislature to- gether. Among the gentlemen themselves opinions vary, but no one doubts the whole-hearted sincerity of the Governor, who really has reason to rely upon the lights permitied him since his accession here. GENERAL TERRY'S ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND. The ipreindd modest and self-explanatory order ap- gross she GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 72. Heapquarrers, Derantwxyt or Vinonm, RrcmuonD, Va., Juno 14, 1865. In obedience to orders from the War ‘Department, Major General A. H. Terry hereby assumes command of ‘the 1 TERRY. ¢ of Virginia, Phy command af Major Genera ‘DwaxD W. Suira, Assistant Adjutant General. ‘THE ARMY OF THE JAMES. The title of the Army of the James has been dropped, and all the tro: - snd ll the trogpe are now designated ao of the Depart: Our Lynchburg Correspondence. Lyxcusore, Va,, June 11, 1865. ‘The end of the war and slavery and the re-establishment of the Union are acknowledged by all parties here as ac- complished facts. They now wish to drop the whole subject and to take the best and speediest method to get back from where they started. A large portion of the people have come forward and taken the cath of allegi- ance, and others are doing so as fast as opportunity offers. The negro, however, whose idea of freedom is that the remainder of his life is to be passed in ease and Juxury, without labor, will for some time be a source of trouble and annoyance. Numbers of them left their homes in the country to flock to the large towns and cities where they passed their time in idleness, living either upon the bounty of the government or stealing from the citizens, This, however, has been summarily stopped by General J. Irvin Gregg, command- ing this department. @% has directed that all those found in the city without employment shal! be arrested and compelled to work upon the streets. He has also ioanste pada hoe to the oo people, that ‘autios under the news order of things: aa GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 15. monsona, Va., May 31, 1665.7” tuelr postion, and more clearly uadersiand iheir dutier and foptatipn is pt a ae and women, the following in- have Reretotore had tt Virgie, and no more, oor OE youn er brothers and sisters. e chs toremsin on the plantation of thelr former master, unlens employed by him; and whenever the freed man ceases to it fend Faithtal laborer and refuses to work, thi = 0 and eject his family loyer has the right ee him i s ra er ii Premises, a renee ie ne man mui ize to li is family: he taust pro wih’: wit apport A ide them with a house, food, clothing, all in his power for thelr comfort; he must be responsible for thelr conduct; must compel his sons and daughters to porform auch work as they are capa- Die of; he is entitled to receive thelr wages and obliged to provide for their support. In no cane will the freedmen be allowed to run about at night from plantation to plantation, but all are urged to re- main quietly at home on the plantation of their employers, ‘and if necessary for the maintenance of good order, the mili: tary force will be used to compel them 10 do, so. ey are forbidden to maraud or steal. The killing of cat- tle, sheep, &c., by them must be discontinu ‘once, fquarde wiil be ntationed on the plantations, an tected will be instantly shot. They are warned idle- ness and collecting in cities and towns, is fraught with th tent evil to them: ome thieves and towns, suffering ani ; if they are idle they will soon bonds; if they collect in cities and ation will be the inevitable result, 1 is obly by raniadning on the plantations and working that iat the government will not in them ii dienes, By ‘command of wigs £ ier General GREGG. irevet Bri Ino. B. Marrawp, Captain and Asst, Adjutayt General. From conversations I have had with intelligent gontle- men of Lynchburg, I judge it to be the general impres- sion that when the negroes understand their new posi- ton And are willing to settle dowp to work, the change will be beneficial to both on Realy sone n times past a person Wine + clave from his master, was compelled sf hor ‘8 tirst clags hand from one hun- dred to one hundred and fifty dollars a year. In addition to this, he was obliged to board and cloth him and pay his doctor's bill, and lose the time he might be sick. He can now hire the #ame freeaman for one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars a year, paying him only for the time he works, thus saving his board and clothes and doctor's bill, while the freedman is better off at tho end of the year than he was as a slave. ‘The élave owner, perhaps, may not be able to appre- ciate the joke at present, but even he will in the rise of his property under free institutions, soon recover what he Jost in bis slaves. A Distinguished Lawyer En Route to Liberia. [From the New York Observer.) Mr. Johnson, who is a pure negro, was admitted to the practice of law in the Supreme Court of this State, at ochester, in June of last year, and has decided to re- move to Liberia to practice his ‘profession. In a note of commendation Judge James C. Smith says of bim:— “By his own efforts, in spite of the hindrances of poverty and race, he has educated himself and his family, ac- quired a reputable knowledge of the law, and made him- self one of the finest public speakers in'the State. He really deserves to succeed in what he has undertaken. ”? This testimony is endorsed by Hon. Francis Granger, ex-Governor Myron H. Clark, and over twenty-two other members of the bar of Ontar.o county. Large Crops and Well Behaved Negroes. (From the Richmond f eshee dene 14.) ‘The accounts from all parts of the reprosent that the growing, crops never gave er yroniee, The wheat an ‘efops, in particular, are to unusually pres and’ the Priel is nSppeiel te be great over the average. A gentleman from Albemarle tells us that the farmers there will make more wheat this season than they have for many years. Wo are glad to also bear that the negroes are generally behaving themselves: well, and are remaining at home working for their for- mer masters. In some parts of the country, remote, like Albemarle, from the seat of war, no change can be observed in the relations between master and slave, ox- cept that the negro knows full well, and tho master con- cedes, that he is made free by the war, and that henceforth he ie to receive pay for bis work. ‘The farmers aro en- trely reconciled to this change, and upon some plantations the work in the Selde is progrescing as quictly and smoothly as before the war, In somo cases again the Fo an have deserted their former masters in a body; but many of them have since returned, and the others have been forced by hunger to go to work wherever they could get it, One of the Albemarle farmers, we learn, is working now twenty-five more negro hands than ever In x. poly fever, of ston da iter of the incers Julla Bonaparte—a cousin e Emperor has puts temporary stop to the gayeties of the Frouch A correspondent of a London paper gives the follow! anecdote of the French Empress, as reaching him Tron Boston, Mans:—A lady, in very reduced circumstances, Dut who had once occh; pg bmn Teneo a collection of the varied leaves of the magnificent trees for which the forests of America are #0 celebrated, and whose brilliant tints are well known to exceed in vivid oloring even the foliage of bho! ta «Part of this curious eollection was placed in an album and sent to one of the crowned heads of B & precisely similar album being sent by the same er to the Empress of the But lady's offering at the courts in banal aay cise ae ae now! jmen' an offict ir rage hed ded to a pt the “wh % evever, it was hoped would not be Ppreceden: an t oF encouragement for any fu- tare similar From the second the donor had the fication of receiving @ few lines from the y expressing her sui at Imens contal in the jueating the Her “recomnatoaner" the vale 9f the Fog being twenty al ne 6 ring being twenty pounds, TRediapiasn vernus genuine kindagas of heart, pace I rial We iene iy album, are reviasanie,’’ and req: M@w YORE HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1065. THE MILITARY ACADEMY. The Annual Hop of the Graduating Class at West Point. OUR aerogenes VETERANS. The Onc Hundred Forty-second New Soldiers’ Depot. It belonged to the Twenty-@ecord army corps, under General Keese, Gordon’s division, and after- wards joingd the Army of the Potomac, and marched to Warrenton Junction, after which it was transferred to Folly Island, remaining there until August, 1864. Came, under General Gillmore, to Hunter's Point, and from thence to Bermuda Hundred; en; in the raids on Peter and Richmond In May the regi- ment fonght at Cold Harbor; was then sent to Bermuda jundred;, was engaged in the assault on Fort Gibson, and also on the Danville road. On the 7th of December started for Fort Fisher, and was the first regiment landed under Butler. They were also nt at the su attack made upon fort. .A short time under Sher- man, and in various other skirmishes and on duty, comple‘zs the hi of this fine regiment. ‘The following is a list of the officers:—Colonel, A. M. Burney ; Licutenant Colonel, W. A. Jones; Major, W. 8. P. Garvin; Chaplain, L. 8. Palmer; Quartermaster, C. B. Mongo; Captains, M. 1 ba i. THE EXCITEMENT AMONG THE CADETS. Their Songs and Legends and Reminiscences. THE GRADUATING CLASS. &{ Brooklyn Cadet Stands First in the List. 8. Rowley, D. eant, A. Emos, G, Simpson, B. itten, J. mpson, A. K. Montgo. ; Second Lieute- nants, C. Smith, F.'W. Eaton, C. A. Bilers, H. A. Miller, Ww. Cartleton, J. H. Gott. The regiment numbers four hundred and ten men. ogee ‘The Seventh New York Heavy Artillery. This regiment arrived yesterday morning st five o'clock, and proceeded to the Eighth regiment armory, where they are at present quartered. The Seventh was raised in Albany, in 1862, and participated in the follow- ing battles:—Spottaylvania Court House, Milford Station, North Anna River, Tolopatomoy Creek, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Ream’s Station. The in ment wast recalled. from the front on the. 224 of last February, and since that time has been doing garrison duty at Forts McHenry and Federal Hill, This move- ment was made in consequence of the reduced numbers of the organization, The following 18 a list of officera:— Major, 8. C. Anable, commanding battalion; Surgeon, G. H.’Newcomb; Captains, W. Shannon, C, M. Miles, H. M. Knlokerbocker, H. S. Morton; First’ Lieutenants, C. McClellan, E. H. Wilsey, D. Thayer, F. E. Lockley, T. Kreps, J.’ H. Harris, }. McClarey; Second Lieute- nants, J, D. M. Lobdell, J. R, Duncan, B. G. Buckbee. The One Hundred and Seventieth New York. ‘The above regiment passed through here on Saturday night, but remained in the city only afew minutes, They came by steamer from Fortress Monroe, and num- bered three hundred and thirty men, under command of Colonel Rufus Daggett. The regiment was raised in Oneida county, and will be mustered out at home. The Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Massa- chusetts Batteries. ‘These batteries, under command of Lieutenant Samuel K. Bingham, arrived yesterday, and will leave for Boston day. The First New Hampshire Heavy Ar- tillery. This splendid organization, twelve hundred strong, which arrived {in this city, on Saturday evening, took their departure for home yesterday afthrnoon. They re- mained at the Battery Barracks during their stay. In their march through the city yesterday the soldiers pre- sented a fine appearance. Since the conclusion of the war our citizens have not had an opportunity of seeli such a large number of veterans marching together. fine band headed the regiment, and played several na- tional airs on their passage up Broadway and down Fulton street, at the foot of which they eml ed on board @ steamboat, bound for their homes in New Ham} ‘The tattered colors, bronzed countenances and faded ani- forms of these gallant New Hampshire boys bore un- mistakable evidence of the arduous duties through which they bad passed in the ficld. Many a warm heart will welcome them to their homes and firesides; many a joyous greeting will hall thom as they again tread the soll of eir native State. All honor to the brave fellows and their thousands of comrades who are now hurrying home cin ares great work of crushing the rebellion is accom- The Thirty-Fourth Massachusetts Regi- The Annual Sermon to the Graduates, &e., &., &, Our West Point Correspondence, ‘Waser Pomr, Juno 17, 1865. Altogether this has been the most exciting day of the season. To the graduating class the exciting ordeal of their examination period was nothing to {t, The younger Classes, whose examinations have gone on as usual before the Board of Visitors, have partaken of the general ex- citement, and many very simple questions have been very lamely answered in consequence, Military officers on duty hero, military visitors, staid professors, and the whole range of outsiders, old and young, and fair and ugly, have yielded to the endemical influence. General Grant’s visit—muoh as all respect and honor the hero chieftian of all our grand armies—stirred the blood noth- ing like as it has been stirred to-day. “What fmeans all this excitement?” I heard a new comer ask a resident officer. : “annual hop on the brain,”’ was the laconic answer. ‘This five words of response briefly recites a fact capa- ble of elongation into an indefinite number of para- graphs. All the day’s talk has been of the hop. All the day’s labor has been with a view tothe hop, All this talk put into print would run over more pages than the long- est drawn out German novel. ll this labor, catalogued, ‘would be like a spring book sales catalogue of New York. I will not undertake to give the one or make a duplicate of the other. Meantime there are other events occurring in the day, and new facts gathered from renewed strolls over the grounds and buildings requiring mention, and 20 I will leave the hop till the music of the dance begins. LOOKING THROUGH THE BARRACKS. On drill, at the evening dress parade, in their strolls over the gravelled walks and along the porticoes of the hotels, the cadets aro seen at somewhat fictitious advan- tage. Here their coats are always battoned closely to the chin, thelr pants are scrupulously white, their boots or shoes, as the case may be, are neatly polished, and their make up is in the highest style of military neatness and elegance. Here they are on yA 80 to speak, on their dignity and good behaviour. It is in the barracks, in their rooms, the cadets are really seen; and only here cana correct and just insight into their stu- dent life-de obtained. There is no lack of dignity and = behaviour at any time, it is to be presumed; but one can learn their ways. Here thoy talk free and are free. Hi ‘and here have their Nites of voluzalon’ aad amid’ smoking wrest of Ril: Kinick, laugh and joke and sing. ‘They have their own poeta and their own a sing verses. I spent an hour Metening some of ae these songs to-day. ‘They would make » volume. This regiment arnved at the Battery Barracks yes- | Tom Moore and vet our own Morris and Holmes have written better songs, measured by the terday. It numbers three hundred and cighty-six men, under command of Colonel W. T. Lincoln. They will leave for Boston to-day. F Regiments Expected To-day. The One Hundred and Twelfth and One Hundred and Fifteenth New York Volunteers are expected to arrive in this city to-day. The State Soldiers’ Depot—Comforts for Our Soldiers. Colonel Vincent Colyer, Superintendent of the Btate Soldiers’ Depot, is working energetically in order to pro- cure luxuries for our returning soldiers while passing through this city. A fund has been started for this praiseworthy object, and Colonel Colyer wishes to acknowledge the following donations:—Dantel Devlin & Co., $60; Williams & Guion, $25; Mr. Beebe, $10; Ed- ward Cromwell, $10; W. D. Mangan, $10; Mr. Jones, $5; George C. Collins, sixty pounds of sugar, It would be well that a liberal amount should be raised to further this patriotic undertaking. Three thousand baskets of strawberries were distrib- uted to the men at Hart’s Island by Colonel Colyer terday. Two sides of fins of, a box of rice and several chee were also furnistied for the use of the Hundred and Forty-second regiment. To-day it is {n- tended to send a quantity of vegetables to Hart’s Island— a luxury which the brave fellows now at this rendezvous are sadly in need of. standard of high poetic art; but who wishes 60 to 19 though sultry rough ‘verses from some of their songs. ‘Benny Havens, oh!” ig the most popular of all these academical melo- dies. This Benny, ugh selling bibulants and verses to the cadeta, laid the basis of his poetic celebrity. He ‘was ostracised from the Point proper, and kept a contra- ‘band place in the vicinity of Buttermilk Falls, There are twenty-three verses in the song. I give only the two concluding ones, composed by s member of tho present class nearly three years ago:— ‘There's a voice borne on the breezes from the distant Southern shore. It rings upon our startled ears, ‘the Union is no more;"? But here’s to glories yet to come, three cheers before we win three more forthe Stars and Stripes and Beuny Havens, ob! And ff amid the battle shock our banner e’er shall trail, And hearts that.beat beneath its folds shall faint or basely fail, bie may some gon of Benny’s, with quick avenging low, un up the flag we loved so well at Benny Havens, oh! Next comes a song that is said to often bring out vocal powors of the whole class:— BULLY FOR ALL. ‘fo sing a bully song I'll try. At the depot eleven hundred and thirty-three men Bully for me. were entertained on Saturday. @ay as they make thet here am I The Troops at Hart's Island. A Dig thing is an so There are at presont at Hart’s Island the following Bully for him, ‘He's sure to be the lady’s pet. regiments :— Fifth New York (Duryea’s Zouaves), 964 men. Seventh regiment, 743 men. One Hundred and Thirty-third, 611 men. This - ment ogpects to be paid off to-day and return to the to-morrow. One Hundred and Nineteenth New York, 208 men, Tenth New York, detachments, 82 men. Thirty-ninth New York, detachments, 60 men, Fifty-second New York, detachments, 47 men. Bull y for htm. Chorus—Bully, oh bully, oh bully good song; Bully for us, bully for us. Join in the chorus and help us along; Bully for us, bully for us. 4 Ple) its on his soldier's clothes, on Bully for hi iy im, Straightens his chin and points his toes, Bully for him. Fifly-ninth New York, detachments, 20 men 4il day he’s drilied and marched and “flanked,” One Hundred and Second New York, detachments, 42 deiiadl wale ee Soe ie an men. night en New York, Getschments, 11 men. Bully for him. Bighty-cighth New York, detachments, 6 men, : Sixty-third New York, detachments, 4 men. fhe yearling tries eee aaen. game, General J. W. Geary's Farewell to his He's fond of Lacan Por “sme” 'FOOps. aig? GENERAL ORDERS NO. 28. Sub when the ee ie oa" sound, balance and wanting he’s Hgavqvartars, Seconn Invision, TwextmeTn rad | Near Buapevevunc, Md., June 6, 1865, gp ~ The time for the dissolution of this division is now at hand. Before we separate from that organization undor ee SE De whose guiding star most of us have marched and fought ‘The furlough men, how jolly are they. for yeara, your general feels it right and just to address Bully for them, you a parting word. ‘They throw their old clothes away, It may safely be aeserted that no organization in any ‘ Bully for them. army hasa prouder record, or has passed through more ‘That furlough’s short, hag 2 take it ill, arduous, varied and bloody campaigns. Bully for them. But when they come back, they have thetr al, Bully for them, &o, Our first class year we goon pass through, To be assiired of this, we have but to enumerate the battles in which all, or many of us have participated : Rich Mountain, Cartick’s Ford, Winchester, Port Repul He, Bolivar, Cedar Moux ‘econd Bull Run, Antiet Chanceliorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Look Bully for us. Mountain, Misslonary, Ria °, Ringold a t x Gay And then we don the army y bias. jew Ho Church, ne Hill, Mus ‘ee! ae be ee eg se ays ‘enesaw, Peach ree Creek, And when we’vo bys teat Ang years, A vi and the labors, exposures an of the Georgia and Carolina campaigns are por ey Wo're brigadier generais of volunteers, your banners; while he part you have bravely borne in ; Bully for us, &0, scores small of note in this war, but eq Dattles in other days, is attested by hundreds of scars on ah, sow enn AA — your own ‘and by the remembrance of our heroic You Tl fight before Pl ran, dead throughout Virginia, Maryland, Pennsyivania, Ton- know ‘Bully for me. Bexee, Alabama and North an Carolina, Veterans truly, all of you; men of whom your cous A very good nee ly to A hag try is prow ‘who are now prouder than ever of your If 1 was'nt on 4 drink 1 tow, county. Your children, grand children and great grand was'et on pledge, cular wit hare forgotten, ‘ora - merneren abet ny ve forgotten, or the memories of Bere came a rythmical ¢: reat struggle throughout which we have stood shoulder | pon of boning—an scademieal (o'eoulder, and swept from the Atlantic to the Missis- | fop be drilling :— cute sippi, and back again to the Atlantic, shall cease to nerve our descendants to noble deeds and brave actions. Your country has been saved, and i# no small share in the glorious right to be proud of the result. A few months or hence, and those of us who sur- vive will again be citizens of the noblest, proudest and freest nation on the globe. Noble, because her nobility are her common jane saves ner as Sere es 1; free, because truth, mighty, and pi oe 's national purifier, the sword, has made her , Proud, because unaided and uncountenanced Oy she bas to the world the jg dg hk od youn ae ane all their garoree thelr laws, maintain their integrity, and pay their lebia. Be justly proud of our common record and of our com- mon cou! a Chetish the memories of the banner under which a fought and won the victory, the of ue jon, tive spotless star—embiems of Boge ad lr memory of our fallen heroes, stricken down tiecoenas os ‘our side, hallow our parting and consecrate our devotion to our God, each other. our country ant must be i, wo of for him, as it is called, which means Gil sign Brevet Major General JOHN W. GEARY. ance Each new class ay od under W. F. Voonnm, A. A. G. rule Christmas or New Year, when some one inve- Mably gets too much liquor down. ‘will rg City News. ‘Cheth - ak erry se tm igh Laan Havt oF Buro.ans, Trreves ann Conner Loavens on mas is & 6 the gradi class is now iy in find. The wrnm Pouca oF ex Forster Puscixcr.—For some | the Erie ce ae et goal i thle ‘iploma, time past the most populous portion of the Eastern Dis- a, 6 — in, a re trict has been in @ state of terror by a gang of burglars, | Well aw ate pi ment * eng theres and desperad ‘wise fH A neater ment obtained, and the quondam cadet is suprome- ‘and robbing with parent impunity a great many pri. | ly happy. No mattor what may be i vate residences and public stores, This state of things, | Of scholarship, be bas that in this bit of ns juate of the Academy—e proclaiming him in Woglom, of the Forty-fifth precinct, resolved to pa end, and by bis ‘skilfully laid plans, hie ombers dressed | Lory parchment tbe proudly —e handed In cltinens’ clothes, succeeded since rday evening in | down to his children’s children. Rising at reveille, and arresting some twenty suspected parties and had them | days of gs A and drill, and standing guard become me- Jocked up. futaber thore aro probably some | mories of the past. ‘There is no more “bonings,”” no hy w we | more * no more oe no more ‘marks demerit,” no more getting “plaked” and “skinned,” th by rom noun can sue B but +4 in by virtue of authority vested in the academic we do confer upon him diploma, and recommend ‘him to for promotion, in ‘engineering, artillery, infantry or ca\ A Given ‘at West Point, in the State of New York, this , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- tit a Rm, og rge W. Cullum, Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel perintendent of United States miliary Aseenyy, D, N. Mahon, LL.D., Professor of bnimpo’ - c. a a matics and Experiment ilosophy. AE. Churek LL. Professor of Mathematics, Robert W. Weir, A A., Professor or Drawing. N. R. Aguel, Professor of French Language. J. W. French, D. D., Chaplain and Professor of Ethics and Eng. Studies. H. L. Kendrick, A. M., Professor of Chemistry, &c. P. de Janon, Professor of the Spanish Langu.ge. H. M. Black, Colonel of Volunteers, Major seventh In- fant Commandant of Cadets. @. Brevet Lientenant Colonel United States Army, Military r Corps of Engineers, Instructor of Practical in George py ‘Gaptain of Artillery, Instructor of anhery, The left comer of each diploma is countersigned xs fol- ‘Recorded page 142 Miscellaneous Book, EDWARD C. BOYNTON, A. M., American eagle, grasping in his talons two American flags, most ae ane ‘on two cross spears, On the right of the pendant folds is a resentation of a cadet’s fo reeset ae bertost, caPtridge box and ar- tillery, ‘suspended. On the left is the visor, helmet, battle axe and other knightly equip- ments of the old feudal times, and over this delineation that of a female figure, the Goddess of Wisdom, or some famous deity mythologically accredited with keeping a watchful TZ. upon aspiring youth, holding in her a wreath of flowers. At the bottom of the parchment and grouped above the base of a mountain, on top of which is an eagle feeding its eaglets, is a combined picture of camp, cadets loading a Co fort, books, triangle and the head of Minerva. ¢ diplomas will be pro- sonted, it is said, on Monday. Until the 1st of July the class rank as cadets, at which time each member reoives his appointment as ‘second lieutenant if there are vacan- cies in the army, and brevet second lieutenants if there are no vacancies. ith drum and swo! CADETS APPOINTED FROM THE ARMY, i Thero are thirty-two cadets here, I have learned in to- day's stroll through the barracks, including those in the graduating class appointed from the army. Such ap- intents, asis well known, were principally made to 1 vacancies from the Southern States. General officers had the promise of them, and the choice fell on those deemed most worthy of admission here. But with all this care in selecting the candidates allowed to be named, many of those appointed failed to come up to the pre- scribed standard of es, As, for instance, six ‘were appointed here by General Grant, of which only two are now in the institution. This simple fact shows that something moro than the average of brains is required to insure a diploma, Most of those from the army gave up commissions to come here. Although General Grant's appointees proved rather an unfortunate selection, it must not be supposed that the same, percentage of det- ciencies runs through the entire list. The majority ap- pointed from the army are here still, and will prove ex- cellent offi as all have proved themselves excellent soldiers, and the servico they have already seen—some were two years in the war—will be no detriment to them in the future. BOARD OF VIFITORS’ REPORT. Three of the Board of Visitors left in the train leaving at noon eer, not to return agein—not all the entice- ments of the hop even could induce them to stay longer, Meantime the main part of the examination is over, and the bulk of the work required at their hands already completed. Reports of the sub-committees have already been made, A goncral committee, consisting of General Schenck (Presi it oe Conklin (Secretary), Colonel Fessenden, Colonel kwell, Senator Wilkinson and Mr. Kelsey, have been soleoted to make out the general re- Fort, copies of which are to be sent to those absent, for oir approval or otherwise, before being sent to Wash- ington. One thing the board has unanimously agreed upon, and that is recommending the number of te ine increased - four ee present number. 6 present system ap- pointmants they see no occasion to change. ‘The com- mand of the is to be taken from the Engineer corps and given to the entire army. As the rule now is Generals Grant and Sherman, and many others whose names and influence are specially needed in the care and conduct of such an institution, are excluded from any control in its managemont. STANDING OF THE GRADUATING CLASS, After this morning’s dress. ie, which took place at an earlier hour than usual, the final standing of the gra- duating class was made known to the entire ont cadets, the number as in the order of echolarsh\ marked with havo their names published in all the succeeding es, The present is the largest class ever graduated from the Academy. The names of the graduates, with the States from whieh they were angele are as follows:— . Chas, W. Raymond, New York, 22 Lewis &. 0 large. Brown, Massachusetts, 5 jams, Ohio. 6. Wm. B. Livermore, Massachusetts, 7. David W. Payne, New York. 8. Wm. H. Hener, Missouri, Wm. S, Stanton, New York. W. H. Chase, Pennsylvania. ‘Thos. H. Handbury, Pennsylvanig, R. W. Petrikin, at large. Jos. C, Post, New York. John K. Hezlep, Minnesota, , . A. N. Lee, a large. . A. B. Bates, Henry B. Ledyard, at large. Thos, M. Tolman, Maine. Jobn R. Story, Jr., Wisconsin, 0. M. Mitchel, at large. D. R. Porter, Pennsylvania. J. H. Hall, at large. ‘Appieton b. Palmer, Ohio. Jas. L. Sherman, Alabama. Wm. A. Rafferty, at large. Cyrus W. Allon, Jr. at Albert G. Forse, Oblo. Wm. H. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania, Powers, Ohio. ‘orton, Virginia, M. Reid, Connecticut. H. Totten, at large. Geo. H. Burton, Delaware. George T. Qimnsted, New York, Edwin Manck, Pennsylvania. Frederick N. Bailey, at large. Thomas L. Brent, at large. James H. Breckinridge, at large, J. M, Marshall, at large. 47. Edward Hunter, Maine. John E. Hosmer, Paul M. Mills, Jr., Penusytvania, M. D. O'Toole, Miasouri. RERBSSSSSSSSTE i © j a F HH i rf Hl E large upon its magnificent success. Cadets assert that it was 8 gloriously brilliant affair, and all are right in pro- & verdict. ‘The ladies had over youths to dance with— and best and highest blood of the % - roy! wae to "a i, a a pre- hour the joyous festivity, But I wih write no scribed “ihe graduating hop of the class of 1806, for tho double reaeon that it is Sunday and the thermometer at & height puzzling the memory of the oldest inhabitant. SERMON TO THY GHADUATING CLASS. Chaplain French delivered a most improastve farewell nermon ‘@ the graduating class in the chapel this fore. by the class, was different from el ‘The of the clase came 06 while the officers wore thelr arms. ‘At the | ing, them, a6 on the usual graduating,tune—‘The Dash! ee ee as ai ta Caan "ome, Sweet Home.” As the’ battalion marched iA CONCLUDING EXAMINATIONS. This week will conclude the remaining exercises Come nected with the annual examination. After this away the Board of Visitors, and then comes on the twe pment. is rapidly recovering from the Injuric tained in being ies sustain Gaastea: bamaitan feos Wie eis hs kes tana moved Cozzan’s Hotel to his country =2at across e river. ‘Most of the Board of Visitors and professors dined yew " mes with Hon. Gouverneur Kendall, living across thé iver. BISHOP LEB, of the Board of Visitors, preached this forenoon at the Episcopal church, near Garrison Landing. 3 Mysterious Suicide in the Park, A FRENOEMAN KES LAUDANUM—HE !5 FOUND / LYING INSENSIBLE ON A BENCH—HB BELONGED TO . A SECRET SOCIETY, ETC. . About half-past five o'clock on Saturday morning | officer McMeany, of the Park police, found » mar lying ingens. ble on a bench under the terrace, near the lake, in the Park, He was apparently asleep, but seemed to experience some difficulty in breathing. The officer shook the stranger, and made vigorous efforts to arouse him, but in vain, On turning him over a bottlo contain. ing a small quantity of laudanum was discovered, where- upon the officer suspected that the unconscious man be¢ been partaking of the poison for the purpose of sate destruction. Assistance being procured, the man was conveyed to St. Luke's Hospital, and placed under the care of Dr. Packard, resident physician of the institution, who immediately applied the usual restoratives in such cases, but with no beneficial resulta. The patient lin- gered for about four hours after admission, and expired, as Dr. Packard believed, from the effects of landanum,y Coroner Collin yesterday held an mquest on the fe mains, when it appeared that the deceased’s name was Octave S. Marracini. Papers found in his possession showed that he had resided at Nos. 28 and 46 Walker street and No. 15 Howard street. After resolving to ter i minate his earthly career Marracin! addressed a letter to his friend Alex. Calathi, No. 15 Howard street, in which he begs his pardon for the fatal step he was then about to take; says he has been pursued by the fates; that he considered that the proper ‘time had come and the Park the lace, for “shuffling off this mortal coil.” What reduced ° Sarrécini to such a state of desperation the evidence failed to show, and therefore the cause which prompt him to swallow the fatal draught is still involved in mystery. % at Coroner Thomas Robinson, M. D., made a post mortem examination on the body and discovered presence of opium in the stomach. In his opinion desth ‘was the result of tincture of opium, and the jury, that view of the case, rendered a verdict accordingly. | Deceased was about forty years of age and a native of France, | ‘Among other things found in the pockets of deceased ‘was a small book, issued by gaocret order, containing the by-laws of what’ is termed “The Supreme Council Ime Masters of the Great Work, Ninetieth Degree, of the State of New York.” The following are the officers this organization elected for 5865-6 (corresponding with 1865-0):— bm. < Lavy, ‘Treasurer; Geo. W. Darya i iS cram bb, Grand, Baperts eee ii cl] am, H vist; WL. Grawtord, 034, Messenger Lindo, 90d, Accom: ; Bearer; J. 4 & Dias—J. HL. J. Seymour, 0. H. Hart, P. W. Neefus, A. G. Levy, G3. Dodge, J. Hanne, g He eee ene one, of this Order, reads as fol- 8— None shall be admitted as candidates for the degree of ‘sublime Master of the Great Work” but those whe ’ are in good standing in some Senate of Hermetic Philogo- hers, forty-recond grade of our Rite, and shall wn Fegularly proposed and favorably reported tho investigating Somalia committee of inv ation to be appointed by the: Sublime Dia. As no 8 Brother wi @ to propose @ candidate exoopt it know him phy pig Hermetic Philosopher, forty-secomd grado, in good standing, one dark allot will exclude 8 candidate. KE The Supply and Price of Cattle, [From the Albany ~rgas, June 17) The upply of cattle is again upwards of five thousand head hi arrived since Monday, wh what were held over last week, and to come in to-day and w-morrow, supply to nearly six thousand, ‘The demand ts fair, there being a number of new buyers in the yards from down the river and Eastern to ag well as from Ba- and other places in that direction. ‘At the outeet holders asked more than the ruling rates of last week, but the sales made do not indicate that they succeeded in getting any advance. On the contrary, we think prices ure lower, as the highest paid for the best ip 8%. Some buyers do not agros with us iv this opini bat 9c. per Ib, was paid in some instances last wook, for eaitio no finer nor fatter than one or two droves that Drousht only §%c. yesterday, From this figure prices 2 down to 5c, a 6c. for poor common stock. vos fair cattle, in good kiling condition, aro offered as 8c. per pound, and, this being the case, one would naturally suppose that butchers could afford to reduce their charges below 25c. a pound for the best cats, but they say they cannot do it and leave apy proit for them- selves, 80 long as Lidos and tallow remain as low in value asnow. A Hudson butcher writes as follows on this subject:— ‘At the present price of hides and fat, the bert cut can- not bo sold less than 25c. per pound, unless your reporter has the brains to give the butchers information where they can sell their coarse meats at some price. From this wo Judge that the writer either gives away or throws away ail his coarse meat, becaase there is no demand for it, and that his customers for tine meats have to pay for it. That is not the caso with the Albany butchers. They cannot se1 their coarse meat 0 readily as formerly; but. they do sell the most of and at fair payng prices. Hides are fat tand low; taxing this fact into account, and allowing for the loas on kidneys, and shanks, and necks, what dogs the Gressed beet cost our correspondent, on his stall, with cattle at 8 cents pound, and what will be his annual profi (aay that he killa ten or twelve head a week) if he cents per pound for his best cute, and 16 and 8 cents per go for his corned beof, which are the prevailing prices in this city? We are ‘mistaken. if it will not be larger than the same amount of busines® yielded before the war. Formerly hides and fat was thought fair profit on each bullock Killed and sold. This fg not the case now, and, perhaps, it should not be, owing to their depreciated value; but the present for meata certainly allow the butchers a good wide mar- gin In addition. Sescinis Genin a oarsh rock Ree ty eas MONTHLY MAQ, 7 Y, Deities cli Bn Bog Saale g° TO THOMAS R. ag W's, 200 Joan Cafes Fi Her pat M™ SEE TOP AIG BOE M) exit, re, RRP pata rom th and will be published and fof sale in paper cover, or will be pu sages ae . Be T SON & seins ent at nen, pac irmealan om rei, Ey ial (SSIFICAT 108 ’ ye = Leck, SATURDAY EVENING, sieraihanketvsaae twas wil be.